United States History, Law and Politics

President Woodrow Wilson

Thomas Woodrow Wilson was the 28th President of the United States of America. He was elected President in 1912 and served from March 4, 1913 until March 4, 1921. He was a member of the Democratic Party best known for bringing the United States into World War I on the side of the British Empire.

This page provides links to essays on Woodrow Wilson, or to events during his presidency, by William P. Meyers, as well as links to external Web sites with related information.

"The Germans, calculating that their best chance for moderate peace terms was to throw themselves on Wilson's mercy, asked for an armistice based on the Fourteen Points. Wilson ... agreed in a series of public notes." — Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World

"Woodrow Wilson loves humanity, but he does not like people." — Colonel House